WyominQ State Wetland Prog-rams (Council of State Governments Database) 



Wetland ?rbgracor-l"~'~'~^ 



Program Type 



State 



Name of Program 



Administering Agency 



Implementation Method 



Legal Authority 



Resources (Funds and Staff) 



Lands Covered 



Inventory and Classification 



Activities Regulated 



Exemptions 

 Lands Covered 



Compliance 



Education 

 Problems 



Success 

 EPA Role 



Needed from EPA 



Taking Issues 

 Mitigation 



Cumulative Impacts 



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Section 401 Permits r^ rnican c .c 



Wyoming 



401 Watec ,<3j4al-ity: J>r-ogram £-7-.:' -.£ : 



Department o^, Envdfj:.Q|unental Quality, Water 



Quality; Divis ion onr.x : r: . : r :. _• r- <: 



Permit applica^t^-ion .program 



State certifies, section 404 permit applications 



and requests- jig.tigation si •.;■ . 



W.S. Sec.3.5-J:t-i03(TC) (viii) -adrr;.. t'n^: 



Amount unknown ;: •- 1 -ii' , ' - 



One person (.15 man year) 



Only those found within the strea.rtt.chanjiel sdx 

 regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

 Partially completed: by the Wyoming CJjime^ aad: f ish 

 Departments ,= ;,-,£ • : .r 

 All- activiti.^Sr.imptac.ting water quality s^ttchr; as 



r point-. souj:ce:i<ii«chadrges and non-point source 

 dlschairges -:7 ^;-,.„r-'. :.i: tze\ o- 



Emergency wor]t,;a^ijv;ijties 



Those that directly;. -pertain to water quality- and 

 protect waterf owir '^ - . ~tc: 



Limited to wiiatr is- discovered on routine.-. . 

 inspection trips and what is reported by other 

 agency personnel or private individuals 

 None :o2ircD Vh.- 



Considering giving up program due to political 

 cop-cerii; oyer statg rights -^ c-- /: 



Limited ^ue-t©-: la^Hi pf political support 



r Limited; to seet.ion-;401 review and Corps: section 

 404 permit^ review and comment 

 EPA needs to provide.-;^ stronger enforcement 

 posture within sjfeat-e-/ 

 No cases • - 



Typically, require compliance with Game and Fish 

 Commission Mitigation Policy if waterfowl use 

 area is involved 

 No criteria or assessment procedures j 



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